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Overview

Professor Leanne Aitken is a critical care nurse who joined City University London as a Professor of Nursing in 2013 in a part-time role and has been full time since April 2016. She concurrently holds an academic title as Professor of Nursing at Griffith University and Visiting Scholar at Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, Australia.

Professor Aitken has had a varied career in critical care nursing, including roles in clinical, management, education and research. Professor Aitken's current research focuses on interventions that can be delivered during and after critical illness or injury to improve recovery after time in the intensive care unit, decision-making practices of critical care nurses and a range of clinical practice issues. Her various roles also incorporate mentoring academic and clinical staff through the research process.

Professor Aitken is a Fellow of both the American Academy of Nursing and the Australian College of Nursing as well as a Life Member of the Australian College of Critical Care Nurses (ACCCN). She is a co-editor of the ACCCN Critical Care Nursing text that is published by Elsevier. She is also a Fulbright Alumnus after receiving a Fulbright Senior Scholarship to undertake research examining recovery after trauma with Dr Therese Richmond at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.

Memberships of professional bodies

- Australian College of Nursing, Fellow- American Academy of Nursing, Fellow- Australian College of Critical Care Nurses (ACCCN), Life Member- American Association of Critical Care Nurses, Member- Society of Critical Care Medicine, Member- American Thoracic Society, Member - European Society of Intensive Care Medicine, Member

Research overview

Professor Aitken';s research focuses on recovery after critical illness and injury, decision making practices of critical care nurses and a range of clinical practice issues including sedation management within critical care.

Professor Aitken's industry sector is Critical Care Nursing and her research area expertise is in:

Grants

Professor Aitken's research focuses on recovery after critical illness and injury, decision making practices of critical care nurses and a range of clinical practice issues including sedation management within critical care. Current and recently completed grants and activities:

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